Improvement in shaving-mugs



J. W. SMITH.

SHAVING-MUG.

No.185,791. v Patented Dec. 26, 1876.

gill/II Z All? a n Film-L i jer illlmih UNITED STATES JOHN W. SMITH, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JAMES SMITH PATENT OFFICE.

OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHAVlNG-MUGS.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 185,791., dated December 26, 1876; applicationfiled November 24, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. SMITH, of Boston, of the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shaving-Mugs; and do hereby declare the same to be described in rack for holding or supporting a razor or a shaving-brush. Second, in a shaving-mug having its soap-receptacle arranged aside of its water-reservoir, and at or to extend to the lower part thereof. Third, in a shaving-mug having its soap-receptacle arranged aside of its water-reservoir, and at or to extend to the lower part thereof, and having a dischargingnose or spout to project from the water-reservoir over the soap-receptacle, as set forth.

In the drawings, A denotes the hot-water reservoir; B, the soap-receptacle; and U, the handle, a being the nose of the said reservoir B. The brush or razor rack is represented at D as projecting from the top of the reservoir B over or within the mouth of it, as shown.

This rack has notches b 0, one being for receiving and supporting a shaving-brush, and the other being for holding a razor when its blade may be within the reservoir. The rack may have both or either of the said recesses. The soap-receptacle and the hot-water reservoir are open at their tops, and, as shown, have their bottoms in one plane. The soapreceptacle projects somewhat within the water-reservoir, in manner as represented. The discharging spout or nose on of the said reservoir projects directly over the mouth of the soap-receptacle.

By having the soap-receptacle arranged as described with the water-reservoir, the soap is kept warm when there may be hot or warm water in the said reservoir. By having the nose a to extend directly over the soap-receptacle, water from the reservoir A can readily be discharged upon the soap, and any drippings from the said nose will fall into the soap receptacle. This latter I usually provide with a nose, 0. Furthermore,in consequence of the aforesaid arrangement of the soap-receptacle and the water-reservoir, the shaving-mug is rendered more staple, or less liable to be accidentally overturned than it would be were the soap-reservoir at the upper part of or over the water-reservoir.

Ido not claim ashaving-mug having its body and soap-receptacle in separate pieces detachable one from the other, as represented in the United States Patent N 0. 162,921.

I claim- 1. A shaving-mug, having its watera voir or compartment A provided with a racll', as and for the purpose described.

2. A shaving-mug, having its soap-receptacle permanently fixed to and arranged aside of its water-reservoir, and at or to extend to the lower part thereof.

3. A shaving-mug, having its soap-recepta cle arranged aside of its water-reservoir, and at or to extend to the lower part thereof, and also having adischarging nose or spout to project from the water-reservoir over the soap-receptacle, as set forth.

JOHN W. SMITH. Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. Snow. 

